surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, operation - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available; he died while undergoing surgery.
A quarter mile is, by definition, a fourth of a mile. It is 1,320 feet or 402.3 meters. On a standard-sized Olympic track, it is a little more than a single lap.
Miles to feet (ft) length units conversion factors are listed below (land mile and UK, US nautical mile). To find out how many feet in miles, multiply the mile value by the conversion factor or use the converter. 1 Mile = 5280 Feet 1 Mile [US, Nautical] = 6076.1 Feet 1 Mile [UK, Nautical] = 6080 Feet There are 5280 feet in a mile, because one mile is defined as 8 furlongs and 1 furlong is 660 feet, that makes 8 * 660 ft = 5280 feet in a mile.